Utah News Roundup From 1909 State Report
A compilation of Utah items from St George to Salt Lake City reports includes a $100000 railroad rights of way offer, deaths of pioneers such as Mrs Elizabeth Troop May, burglaries by John Wilson and sentences of twenty years, runaway incidents in Sandy, arrests and trials in Garfield and Salt Lake, the Odd Fellows encampment at Park City, rumored Denver Rio Grande shop plans, fatal switchyard accident in Salt Lake, injuries at the Denver Rio Grande shops, a coroner ruling on a Sandy streetcar death, regional mortgage totals, deaths from freezing, assaults in Salt Lake Caliente, hotel inquiries for the Wool Growers convention, school census figures, Promontory Curley land sales, Typhoid in Ogden, Thanksgiving observances for inmates and orphans, and state health bulletins noting October deaths and typhoid fatalities.
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John Wilson
Salt Lake City
James Strong
Sandy
Dan Dosen
Tom Starkovitch
Garfield
Nevada
Arthur Owens
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Leon Nelson
Utah
Ben Sparks
Ephriam
Frisco
Frank Smith
Simon Levin
Frederick Fougler
Caliente
Ogden
Wool Growers
A. C. Nelson
Flest
Promontory-Curley Land Company
Five Points
Battle With Women: Tragic West Virginia Shootout Ends In Deaths
A feud between the Christian and Daniels families on the Kentucky West Virginia border led to a deadly confrontation near Devon in Mingo county. Mrs Charles Daniels and her 16 year old daughter were killed as they tried to delay a sheriff posse pursuing relatives. An officer was wounded as the women fired from the doorway and the daughter died shielding her mother. The father and brother escaped.
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Williameon
W. V
Charles Daniels
Devon
Mingo County
Kentucky
Jim Daniels
Christian
Daniels
Charles
Pike County
Clark of Wyoming profile in LaFollette magazine
LaFollette Roasts Clark of Wyoming in a two column writeup detailing his record as a system senator over the past six years. It notes his vote with Aldrich in the sixtieth congress to pigeonhole Owens' constitutional amendment resolution, despite Wyoming's legislature memorializing for popular election of senators.
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Madison
Wis
LaFollette
Clark
Wyoming
United States
Aldrich
Owens
Congress
Pensacola Negro Calhoun Dies at 115 in Pensacola
John C. Calhoun colored, aged about 115, died in Pensacola after living there forty years. Birth date given as 1794 on death certificate. He worked in a sawmill until fourteen years ago and spoke of his former master Calhoun with familiarity. He claimed to have been born in slavery and cited historical facts.
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Pensacola
Fra
John C. Calhoun
Calhoun
Navy veteran argues over white citizenship in appeals court
In Richmond on Friday Namyo Bessho, a former Navy steward and Japanese American, faced a U S appeals court challenge to his naturalization. The district attorney contends the naturalization law limits citizenship to whites and those of African descent of good character, a decision unlikely for days.
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Richmond
United States Court of Appeals
Namyo Bessho
United States Navy
Washington corporation tax regulations ready for printer
The new corporation tax rules are completed and prepared for printing. Officials expect the law to yield about 25 million dollars in net annual revenue and around 122000 corporations will likely owe the tax.
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Washington
Hospital bans foreign material on heads at Mullanomey
In St. Louis thirty women at Mullanomey hospital began labor with only rolled hair after Sister Gabriel ordered all foreign material to be abolished. An injunction to prohibit rats was issued for sanitary reasons. A sister quipped that a tiny cap on a ratted head resembles a dower on a dishpan.
Reclamation Laws to Stand After Senate Trip
After fifty days inspecting most government reclamation projects, the Senate committee on Irrigation finds it impracticable to modify the reclamation act without risking loss of law advantages. Report not ready. committee favors expediting work possibly by bonds. Senators reportedly insist refunds for every dollar spent and deem amendment to repayment provisions impossible.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Irrigation
F. H. Howell
The
Reclamation Service
Revolution Spreads in Nicaragua, Des Moines Reports
Captain Shipley of the US cruiser Des Moines says the Nicaraguan revolution is spreading with an effective blockade and two gunboats patrolling Greytown. He notes American and foreign interests are being protected, according to a navy department cablegram from Port Limon.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Shipley
United States
Des Moines
Greytown
Navy Department
Port Limon
Alleged Bomb Throwers Acquitted in Chicago
Vincent and Joseph Altman were found not guilty in Judge Tuthill's court of throwing a bomb that wrecked the Standard Sash and Door plant in 1908. Bruno Verra testified he saw the brothers make a bomb and knew they set fires as union agents. The trial touched on the gamblers' war era bombings in the city.
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Chicago
Vincent
Joseph Altman
Standard Sash and Door Company
Taft Urged to Back Freight Pools Under Government Supervision
President Taft received a delegation of coal miners and operators led by Representative Dalzell and UMWA President Thomas L. Lewis. They urged support for changes to the Interstate Commerce Act to permit freight pools or agreements under government supervision.
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Washington
Taft
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Fight at Point Clear Dance Kills Two, Injures Two
News from Mobile reports a Saturday night dance near Point Clear Alabama ended in a deadly fight. Two men were killed and two injured after an altercation sparked by the daughter of Simon Nelson declining to dance with a drunk youth.
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Mobile
Ala
Point Clear
Simon Nelson
Missouri Congressman Dies in Fire Protecting Grandson
Congressman David A. DeArmond of Missouri perished in a Butler home fire while carrying his six year old grandson to safety. The grandson David A. DeArmond Jr. also died beneath the burning house. The tragedy followed a long career in Congress and service on the bench.
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Kansas City
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
Butler
DeArmond
David A. DeArmond, Jr
Grandpa
Mrs. DeArmond
Mrs. Clark
Miss Nettle Bates
Mrs
Congress
Blair County
Pennsylvania
Copper combine merger delayed by high court ruling
New York reports say the proposed 800 million dollar copper combine is held up temporarily as lawyers assess the impact of last Saturday's Standard Oil decision. Prominent corporate lawyers warn it would be unwise to proceed while the drastic ruling looms over the merger plans, with further advisories issued on Tuesday.
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New York
Wall Street
Railroad man saved by inches margin in Argo accident
A railroad section hand narrowly escaped death when a rail fell on him in Argo suburb of Denver. Fellow workers flagged the train as the engineer braked to a stop within a 24 inch margin, narrowly avoiding a disaster.
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Denver
Argo
Not Cruel 10 Slave Laborers in Portuguese East Africa Abused
Colonel J A Wyle reports two months of investigation in Portuguese East Africa finds no slave trade as alleged. He toured San Thome and Principe, saying whites and blacks live in harmony, workers well housed fed and medically cared for, noting improved conditions compared with Central Africa.
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New York
San Thome
Principe
Central Africa
Colonel Wyllie
Alma Bell Freed in Armess Murder Case
Alma Bell was acquitted Wednesday of the murder of her lover Joe Armes, shot on June 5 after she called him from a cabin where he slept with his brothers. The jury found her insane at the time of the shooting, but she has since regained mental balance.
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Auburn
Cal
Alma Bell
Joe Armes
Armes
Frank Armes
Tony Grinko
Joe
President Taft Enjoys Quiet Thanksgiving Dinner
President Taft dined with family on Thanksgiving after coast to coast travel. A mammoth Rhode Island grown turkey and simple desserts satisfied him as he reflected on avoiding speeches and receptions, appreciating real food and a peaceful meal.
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Washington
Taft
Rhode Island
Five Killed in Auto Accident Near Los Angeles
Nicholas Jacobs real estate dealer and his two daughters and two sons died in a collision between their car and a trolley on the Los Angeles Santa Ana line six miles from the city. Mrs Jacobs and her two month old baby were dying. Two other sons Peter and John and Miss Josephine Solon aged 19 escaped with minor injuries.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nicholas Jacobs
Ghouls Steal Infant’s Body From Highland Cemetery
In Great Falls Montana ghouls seized the infant son of Hatfield Conrad from a Highland cemetery grave. The coffin was left at the gate to ensure quick notice of the theft, and the infant is the son of Hatfield Conrad, eldest child of banker William G. Conrad.
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Great Falls
Mont
Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
William G. Conrad
Plan for Dreadnought Fleet of Nineteen Ships
Paris reports Admiral de Ila Pyncre, minister of marine, urged in 1910 building an improved 23 000 ton Dreadnought at 21 knots. He proposed constructing two battleships yearly until a total of nineteen, all of the Dreadnaught type.
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Paris
de Ila Pyncre
Vhall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Utah State
St. George
Elizabeth Troop May
Plain City
State Board of Health
Salt Lake
Sheriff's Posse
Senate Committee
Portuguese East Africa
Coleone! Wyllie
France
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